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  • 2017
  • R
  • Vertical Entertainment
  • 1 h 56 m
  • 2017
  • R
  • Vertical Entertainment
  • 1 h 56 m

Summary While holidaying in Berlin, Australian photographer, Clare (Teresa Palmer), meets Andi (Max Riemelt), a charismatic local man and there is an instant attraction between them. A night of passion ensues. But what initially appears to be the start of a romance, takes an unexpected and sinister turn when Clare wakes the following morning to ...

Directed By: Cate Shortland

Written By: Shaun Grant, Melanie Joosten, Cate Shortland

  • 2017
  • R
  • Vertical Entertainment
  • 1 h 56 m
  • 2017
  • R
  • Vertical Entertainment
  • 1 h 56 m

Berlin Syndrome

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 17 Critic Reviews
70
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 45 User Ratings
5.9
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Summary While holidaying in Berlin, Australian photographer, Clare (Teresa Palmer), meets Andi (Max Riemelt), a charismatic local man and there is an instant attraction between them. A night of passion ensues. But what initially appears to be the start of a romance, takes an unexpected and sinister turn when Clare wakes the following morning to ...

Directed By: Cate Shortland

Written By: Shaun Grant, Melanie Joosten, Cate Shortland

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 17 Critic Reviews
70
71% Positive
12 Reviews
29% Mixed
5 Reviews
0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 17 Critic Reviews
70
71% Positive
12 Reviews
29% Mixed
5 Reviews
0% Negative
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80
Jun 5, 2017
The film isn’t perfect. It’s slightly too long and drifts a bit in the middle. But the final showdown left me in a cold sweat.
By Cath Clarke FULL REVIEW
80
Jan 23, 2017
Australian director Cate Shortland (Somersault, Lore) takes a horror movie premise and imbues it with the knotty emotional complexity of a dysfunctional relationship psychodrama.
By Wendy Ide FULL REVIEW

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Mixed or Average Based on 45 User Ratings
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56% Positive
25 Ratings
29% Mixed
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16% Negative
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5.9
56% Positive
25 Ratings
29% Mixed
13 Ratings
16% Negative
7 Ratings

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rappM95
Aug 10, 2020
Great performances by the leads. The tale is a slow burn and really breaks down the mindset between captor and captive. Teresa Palmer is very good.
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7
goncalocouto
Oct 20, 2018
"Berlin Syndrome" não é perfeito. Tem um início forte, um desenvolvimento arrastado e um final que não agradou completamente. 7/10
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75
May 22, 2017
Until its hasty climax, Cate Shortland's film is rewardingly patient and psychologically cogent.
By Christopher Gray FULL REVIEW
75
Jan 23, 2017
This isn’t the kind of genre piece that everyone will warm to. Some might find the subject matter too bleak; others might wish it were pulpier. But on the whole, Berlin Syndrome is incredibly effective, while offering a perspective that these kinds of films usually lack. It gets to know the innocent, while rendering the evil banal.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW
67
May 24, 2017
This tedious kidnapping drama doesn’t have anything especially insightful to say about Clare’s ordeal, which makes watching her go through it an even more trying experience.
By Katie Rife FULL REVIEW
60
May 25, 2017
As Berlin Syndrome proceeds, however, we start to feel like we’re drowning in atmosphere, and it gets harder and harder to stay interested in what happens next.
By Bilge Ebiri FULL REVIEW
50
May 23, 2017
It’s a slow-moving/unsatisfying in the end how-will-she-escape thriller dragged out by too many scenes explaining the torturer’s psyche, undone by an ending that no Hollywood studio would allow past the “bad idea in the script” stage.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
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hornysoul
Sep 23, 2018
Este filme não é perfeito, mas eu entreti-me na maioria das cenas. "Berlin Syndrome" tem um início forte e interessante; o seu meio é um pouco arrastado e, finalmente, não acaba de uma forma como eu esperava. Alguns arrepios ali e pouco mais.
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geewah
Jan 7, 2021
A claustropobic, abduction movie that could do with a slightly quicker tempo.
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6
chrisjee1234
Jun 25, 2017
Honestly, I was very let down by this movie. It is a competently made thriller, but these isn't much story or character to grasp on to. By the third act, I was interested, but wasn't completely invested.
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drone41
Feb 9, 2018
This is so pointless and absolutely sick movie. Don't waste your time on this...
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qamaster
Nov 2, 2017
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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Production Company Aquarius Films, DDP Studios, Entertainment One, Film Victoria, Fulcrum Media Finance, Memento Films International, Propeller Film, Screen Australia
Release Date May 26, 2017
Duration 1 h 56 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline When passion becomes possession
Website http://www.facebook.com/BerlinSyndromeFilm/
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Awards

Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards
• 8 Nominations
Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards
• 1 Win & 5 Nominations
Australian Film Critics Association Awards
• 5 Nominations

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